Three days after entering into a joint climate deal with China to limit emission of greenhouse gases, the world’s biggest ‘historical’ polluter, the US, on Saturday pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a financial support mechanism aimed at assisting poor countries to a low carbon resilient future – making the corpus of the Fund to nearly $6 billion.

Three days after entering into a joint climate deal with China to limit emission of greenhouse gases, the world’s biggest ‘historical’ polluter, the US, on Saturday pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a financial support mechanism aimed at assisting poor countries to a low carbon resilient future – making the corpus of the Fund to nearly $6 billion.

The study, funded by South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), will look into how farmers are coping with irregular monsoon, frequent droughts and floods – some of the impacts of climate change.

US-China joint pledge to take actions to limit their carbon emissions may put pressure on India to commit something substantially by March next year when all the countries are expected to come out with their respective ‘intended’ goals of cutting emissions.

NEW DELHI: India will pursue an aggressive reforms agenda over the next few months to help get the country back to a high-growth trajectory and on the radar of investors, finance minister Arun Jaitley said, promising a reasonable and rational tax policy that will not be “ultra-aggressive” to help further improve sentiment.

The United States and China pledged Wednesday to take ambitious action to limit greenhouse gases, aiming to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change ahead of make-or-break climate talks next year.